Stairs and Materials

Stair 1: Ramp

Since the bottom half of the design was intended for Shinya Kimura, I thought it would be necessary for a ramp to be used, so he can transport his motorbikes.

The materials used here were:

The exterior: "Flexible"
This material was chosen for the dome like exterior of the ramp, as it is winding and encapsulates the ramp itself, and I thought it to be suitable to be used here.

The ramp itself: "Rounded"
The rounded patterns here, I imagine to be a bumpy metal, which allows the client to grip the ramp floor while traversing with his motorbike. It also adds to the rounded and smooth design of my overall sketchup design.

Stair 2
This stair is for Shinya Kimura to reach the ground level and the show room.

The materials used:

The steps: "Wooden"
The wooden and layered pattern here seems suitable for the design- sturdy and strong. The weight of the steps are also held by the sides, so I decided a strong yet light material to be used here for the steps so the sides wouldn't have to bear too much of a load.coloured it to make it look like red wood.

The sides: "Elegant"

Here, I decided to use the elegant pattern for the sides, as they look like waves, and were flowing, seemingly smooth and "elegant" in its design.

Stair 3

This stair is for the top client, Antonio Stradivari to leave his studio and reach the show room. He can traverse these stairs as well as transport his products to and from the showroom and vice versa from his studio.

The materials used:

The steps: "Curvaceous"

I uses this material as it reflects the shape of the steps- they look like bubbles, and are rounded and smooth. The concept of a spiral staircase also appeals to me, and this brings out the "flowing" and continuous feeling of the client as he traverses this flight of stairs uninterrupted

The central pillar: "Spintered"

I at first imagined the pillar to be rough and splintered like the bark of a tree, but it is sturdy and strong enough to cantilever the steps. However, I imagine the material not to be wood, but to be small blocks that are connected and overlapping each other to share the load and be strong enough to support the entire staircase.

The floor of the show room: "Ordered"

This material seemed suitable for some sort of tiling or cementing on the show ground floor- it is carefully placed and structured, so ordered seems like a suitable material.